Where does “caminho de pé posto” come from?

caminho de pé posto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese dê, from Old Portuguese de, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti, from Proto-Indo-European pósti, from Proto-Indo-European pós — afterwards, post; by, at.

caminho de pé posto (Portuguese): narrow track, worn by the repeated passage of people

Definitions

  1. narrow track, worn by the repeated passage of people

Ancestry of “caminho de pé posto”, step by step

caminho de pé posto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesedee
2Old Portuguesedeof
3Latinof; concerning; about
4Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
5Latinposteablative singular of postis
6Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

via Portuguese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesefoot, part of the human body
2Old Portuguesepeefoot
3Latinpēsa foot, in its senses as
4Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
5Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

via Portuguese posto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepostoposition, job; station, post; place
2Latinpostus
3Latinpositusplaced; ordained
4Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
5Proto-Italicpoznō
6Proto-Italicpozinō
7Proto-Italicsinō
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pós